Comparison

Tune vs Smart DJ

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tune

Discover new music by swiping on songs you like or dislike. Connect with friends to see their music tastes and share tracks. Explore curated playlists and an underground mode for emerging artists.

Highlights
  • Swipe-based music discovery
  • Social music sharing
  • Underground mode for indie artists
  • Curated playlists
  • Save liked songs
  • Direct messaging for songs
Features
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Find your Tune. Swipe right on songs you love, left on the ones you don't, and watch your feed get smarter with every swipe. Just sign up and start listening. Tune Social turns music discovery into something you do with your friends, not alone in an algorithm bubble. SWIPE TO DISCOVER Hear a track, decide in seconds. Our recommendation engine learns your taste fast and keeps surprising you with music you'd never find on your own. UNDERGROUND MODE Tired of hearing the same charting songs everywhere? Switch on Underground Mode to surface rising and independent artists before they blow up. FOLLOW FRIENDS & SEND DMs See what your friends are swiping on, follow people with great taste, and send songs straight to someone's DMs. CURATED PLAYLISTS Browse playlists curated by genre and artist, from hip-hop and indie to rock, R&B and beyond. SAVE YOUR FINDS Keep every song you swipe right on in one place, or link your streaming account to send your finds straight to your library. Download Tune Social and find the song you didn't know you needed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thetuneapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Smart DJ

Features
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Stop picking playlists. Start listening. Smart DJ decides what to play so you don't have to — a different mode for a different moment, on whichever music service you already use. Five ways to play • Today's Schedule — assign a mode to every day of the week (Monday could be Favorites, Friday could be Discovery) • Random — shuffles across your eligible playlists • Favorite — pulls from playlists you've marked as favorites • Discovery Station — your personalized Apple Music or Spotify discovery mix, played right in the app • New Music Station — the latest releases picked for you Works with your music service Smart DJ connects directly to Apple Music or Spotify — whichever you already use. Switch between them anytime in Settings. Everywhere you are Smart DJ runs natively on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, with your favorites, history, and weekly schedule synced automatically through your own iCloud account. In the car, it's built into CarPlay too. Remembers, but doesn't nag Smart DJ keeps a short history of what it's played so it doesn't repeat itself right away — and every December, it automatically makes room for your Christmas playlists. Built for Siri Ask Siri to play Smart DJ, or trigger any of the five modes directly as a Shortcut. Your data stays yours Smart DJ has no account system, no analytics, and no ads. Your playlists and preferences sync privately through your own iCloud account — we never see them. Full privacy policy available in-app. Pick your service. Set your schedule. Let Smart DJ take it from there.

Screenshots

Tune4 screens
Smart DJ1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart DJ at none against Tune's 2. Tune's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tune sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Smart DJ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tune versus Smart DJ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuneSmart DJ
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyDailyDaily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTobajo Labs, LLCMatthew Scott

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tune

Subscriptions2
  • Tune Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Tune Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
None

Smart DJ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tune free?
Tune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart DJ free?
Smart DJ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tune or Smart DJ have ads?
Neither Tune nor Smart DJ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tune or Smart DJ?
Tune ships an update daily, and Smart DJ daily. Most recently, Tune was updated on November 4, 2026 and Smart DJ on October 31, 2026.

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